Summary:
- Black Swan - NEW 5-star Nihility Wind Character
- Release Date: February 7, 2024 (NOT CONFIRMED)
- Can be obtained through the Limited Character Banner
Black Swan is one of the newest announced characters coming to Honkai Star Rail in Version 2.0 next year. She will be a 5-star Wind character, following the Path of Nihility. Below is what you need to know about Black Swan!
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Black Swan Speculated Release Date
Black Swan’s banner is speculated to launch in the first phase of Version 2.0, meaning that it will go live on:
February 7, 2024
We are still unsure if the newly announced 4-star character Misha will be joining her on her banner, or if he will be accompanying Sparkle in the second phase of Honkai: Star Rail Version 2.0. Note that this is purely a speculative guess and it should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Black Swan Kit and Abilities
NOTE: Black Swan's kit and abilities have NOT been officially confirmed by HoYoverse and can change before official release.
Being a Nihility character Black Swan’s kit revolves around dealing damage and casting debuffs on enemies.
- From what we currently know Black Swan’s kit relies heavily on an effect known as Sacrament.
- Both Black Swan’s ATK and Skill have a chance of applying Sacrament to targets
- Black Swan’s Ultimate triggers various DoTs based on Sacrament stacks that enemies have.
- Sacrament is an effect that causes Wind DMG and the damage increases based on the number of stacks of Sacrament that an enemy has. These stacks reset, but can be maintained with the use of Black Swan’s ultimate.
Here you can see a breakdown of her abilities:
Black Swan
Full breakdown of Black Swan's Kit and Abilities:
Percipience, Silent Dawn - Basic ATK
- Deals minor Wind DMG to an enemy and has a chance to inflict Sacrament on the target. If the target is in Wind Shear, Bleeding, Burning, or Shocked state, each debuff has a chance to inflict an additional stack of Sacrament.
Decadence, False Twilight - SKILL
- Deals minor Wind DMG to an enemy and enemies adjacent to it. In addition, this attack has a high chance to inflict Sacrament on the target and has a high chance to reduce the target‘s DEF.
Bliss of Otherworld's Embrace - ULTIMATE
- Deals Wind DMG to all enemies and inflicts Revelation on them. Affected enemies take more damage in their turn, and their Sacrament effect is regarded as Wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, and Shock effects. In addition, when their Sacrament effect is triggered at the beginning of the next turn, the Sacrament stacks are not reset.
Loom of Fate's Caprice - TALENT
- When an enemy target receives DoT at the start of each turn, there is a chance for it to be inflicted with Sacrament. They receive Wind DoT at the start of the turn, and Black Swan triggers additional effects based on the number of Sacrament stacks.
From Façade to Vérité - TECHNIQUE
- After using the Technique, at the beginning of the next battle, there is a high change to inflict Sacrament on all enemies. This effect will be repeated until it fails to inflict Sacrament on any of the enemies.
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Black Swan Light Cone
NOTE: Black Swan's Signature Light Cone has NOT been officially confirmed by HoYoverse and it's name and effect can change before its official release.
Black Swan’s Light Cone is specially made for her, boosting her Effect Hit Rate, while also increasing ATK% and DoTs DEF Ignore.
Black Swan’s Light Cone Effect:
Black Swan Light Cone
- Light Cone Name: Reforged Remembrance
- Effect: Increases wearer's Effect Hit Rate by 40%. When wearer deals DMG to an enemy inflicted with Wind Shear, Burn, Shock, or Bleed, they will individually gain 1 stack of Prohecy. This effect can stack up to 4 times. In a single battle, each type of DoT can only generate 1 stack of Prophecy. Every stack of Prophecy increases wearer's ATK by 5% and the DoT dealt will ignore 7.2% of the target's DEF.
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Black Swan’s Eidolons
Black Swan’s Eidolons focus heavily on her Sacrament effect and increase both her personal DMG as well as the team’s DMG, however, this damage is heavily focused on DoT damage. Taking this into consideration, Black Swan may turn out to be Kafka’s new best friend.
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Summary
Black Swan will certainly be an interesting character to add to the Honkai: Star Rail roster. Her unique take on DoT damage and her unique trait in the form of Sacrament will surely bring a new type of gameplay and she’ll be a unit that any Kafka haver may want.
Character Name: Black Swan
Rarity: 5-Star
Element: Wind
Path: Nihility
Speculated Release Date: February 7, 2024 (NOT CONFIRMED)
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